Sir Daniel O Carroll versus Jervoise.

This Day the Answer of Thomas Jervoise Esquire, and
Thomas Jervoise Gentleman, a Lunatic, by the said
Thomas Jervoise Esquire, Father of the said Lunatic,
and his Committee and next Friend, to the Appeal of
Sir Daniel O Carroll Knight and Dame Elizabeth his
Wife, was brought in.

The King present.

His Majesty, being seated on His Royal Throne,
adorned with His Crown and Regal Ornaments, and
attended with His Officers of State; the Lords being
also in their Robes; commanded the Gentleman Usher
of the Black Rod to let the Commons know, "It is His
Majesty's Pleasure, they attend Him immediately, in
this House."

Who being come; the Lord Chancellor said,

Commons directed to choose a Speaker.

"My Lords, and Gentlemen,

"I am commanded by His Majesty to let you know,
He will defer declaring the Causes of His calling
this Parliament, till the House of Commons have
first of all a Speaker; and that, therefore, it is
His Majesty's Pleasure, that you, Gentlemen of the
House of Commons, repair to the Place where you
are to sit, and there proceed to the Choice of a
proper Person to be your Speaker; and that you
present such Person whom you shall so choose here,
on Saturday next, at One a Clock, for His Majesty's
Royal Approbation."

Then His Majesty was pleased to retire; and the
Commmons withdrew.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure, for the
Lords to unrobe.

The House was resumed:

PRAYERS.

Ld. Chancellor takes the Oaths.

The Lord Chancellor fingly, in the First Place, at
the Table, took the Oaths, and made and subscribed
the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath
of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.

Return of Peers for Scotland.

After which, the Certificate of the Clerk of the
Crown, of the Names of the Sixteen Peers, chosen,
summoned, and certified, to sit and vote in this House,
for that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, delivered
in to this House the Twenty-eighth Day of November
last, was, in Pursuance of the Direction mentioned in
the Roll of Standing Orders, read.

Lords take the Oaths.

Then the Lords following took the Oaths, and made
and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and
subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the
Statutes:

Lords take the Oaths.

The Lords following took the Oaths, and made and
subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the
Statutes:

William Duke of Devonshire, Lord President.

Charles Duke of Grafton, Lord Chamberlain.

Charles Duke of Somerset.

John Duke of Greenwich.

James Duke of Chandos.

Scroop Duke of Bridgewater.

Henry Earl of Lincoln.

John Earl of Leicester.

James Earl of Northampton.

Thomas Earl of Westmorland.

Charles Earl of Peterborow and Monmouth.

William Earl of Essex.

Richard Earl of Scarbrough.

Henry Earl of Grantham.

Francis Earl of Godolphin.

William Earl of Dartmouth.

William Viscount Hatton.

Henry Viscount St. John.

Richard Viscount Cobham.

Richard Lord Bishop of Winchester.

John Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells.

John Lord Bishop of Carlisle.

Edward Lord Bishop of Chichester.

Stephen Lord Bishop of Exeter.

Samuel Lord Bishop of Chester.

Francis Lord Bishop of St. Asaph.

Algernon Lord Percy.

Charles Lord Weston.

John Leveson Lord Gower.

Charles Lord Boyle.

Thomas Lord Montjoy.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure, to robe.

The House was resumed.

The King present:

His Majesty, being seated on His Royal Throne,
adorned with His Crown and Regal Ornaments, and
attended with His Officers of State; the Lords being
also in their Robes; commanded the Gentleman Usher
of the Black Rod to let the Commons know, "It is
His Majesty's Pleasure, they attend Him immediately,
in this House."

Who being come; Mr. Onslow said,

Mr. Onslow, Speaker of the House of Common, Speech.

"May it please Your most Excellent Majesty,

"The Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament
assembled, having received Your Majesty's Commands
to make Choice of One of their Members to be
presented to Your Majesty for their Speaker, have,
in Pursuance thereof, and according to their ancient
Right, proceeded to an Election; and their Choice,
Sir, is fallen on me, for that important Trust; but
how proper a Choice, is now with Your Majesty to
judge; and happy, Sir, is it for Your Commons,
that Your Majesty's Disapprobation will give them an
Opportunity to re-consider what they have done, and
to make another Election, more worthy of them, and
of Your Majesty's Approval: And that Your Majesty will be graciously pleased to shew this Indulgence to Your faithful Commons, am I, Sir, an
humble Suitor to You, for their Sakes and my own,
that their Debates, the Order, the Decorum, and
the Dignity of their Assembly, and thereby the great
Affairs of the Kingdom, may not suffer through my
Inabilities; nor I sink under the Weight of so unequal
a Burthen, but be left to perform my Duty to Your
Majesty and the Public, in a Way more suited to
my Capacity. But what, Sir, above all renders me
most improper for this high Station, and creates the
greatest Dread on my Mind, is my Unfitness to approach Your Sacred Person, and to represent Your
Commons as they ought ever to appear before the
Majesty of their Sovereign.

It is, Sir, for these Reasons, that I once more crave
Leave to implore Your Majesty's Goodness, to command your Commons to do what they can very
easily perform; to make Choice of another Person,
more proper for them to present to Your Majesty on
this great Occasion."

The Lord Chancellor, receiving Directions from His
Majesty, said,

Mr. Onslow confirmed Speaker.

"Mr. Onslow,

I am commanded, by His Majesty, to acquaint you,
that He well approves of the decent and modest
Manner of excusing yourself; but doth not admit the
Excuse; for, being perfectly satisfied with the Choice
the House of Commons have made, His Majesty does
allow and confirm you to be their Speaker."

Then Mr. Speaker said,

"Your Majesty having been pleased to approve the
Choice Your Commons have made, is a Command
upon me, and makes it my Duty to submit. I do,
therefore, Sir, with all Thankfulness, acknowledge
Your Majesty's Grace, in conferring this undeserved
Honour upon me; and do here beg Leave to assure
Your Majesty of my best Endeavours to discharge,
if I cannot with Ability, yet with Impartiality and
Uprightness of Heart, this great Trust, which the
Commons have committed to me, and which has now
received Your Royal Confirmation. And for my Encouragement herein, permit me, Great Sir, to beseech
Your Majesty's Pardon on my Failings and Infirmities; at least, that Your Majesty will not impute
them in any Wife to Your faithful Commons. And,
that they may be the better enabled to do their Duty
to Your Majesty and their Country, I do, in their
Name, and on their Behalf, by humble Petition to
Your Majesty, lay Claim to all their ancient Rights
and Privileges; particularly,

That their Persons, their Servants, and their
Estates, may be free from Arrests and all
Molestations.

"That they may enjoy Freedom of Speech, for the
better Management of their Debates; and
have Liberty of Access to Your Royal Person,
when Occasion shall require it.

"And that all their Proceedings may receive from
Your Majesty the most favourable Construction."

The Lord Chancellor, by His Majesty's further Commands, said,

"Mr. Speaker,

His Majesty is graciously pleased to grant to the
House of Commons all the Privileges you have asked
in their Name, in the most full, ample, and beneficial Manner, they have been at any Time granted
or allowed by any of His Royal Predecessors: And as
to yourself, His Majesty is so entirely satisfied of
your dutiful Affection to His Service, that He will,
on all Occasions, make the best and most favourable
Construction of all your Words and Actions, in the
Execution and Performance of this great Trust, as
Speaker of the House of Commons.

Then His Majesty was pleased to speak as follows:

His Majesty's Speech.

"My Lords, and Gentlemen,

"It is a great Satisfaction to Me, that, at the meeting
the First Parliament summoned and convened by My
Authority, I am able to give you Hopes of seeing
the public Peace and Tranquillity very soon restored.
I very much wished that the First Period of My
Reign might have been distinguished by putting an
immediate End to the Troubles and Disorders of
Europe, by a Reduction of some Part of My Forces,
a Diminution of Taxes, and all the happy Consequences of an honourable and established Peace, to
which My Endeavours have in no Manner been wanting, as far as was consistent with maintaining the
Possessions, Rights, and Privileges, of My Kingdom;
and, I promise Myself, not without great Probability
of Success.

"I am very sensible of the disagreeable and uneasy
Situation in which our Affairs have been for some
Time; and have been extremely concerned to see
many of the Inconveniencies of a War attending us,
without any Opportunity of resenting the Injuries
we sustained, or gaining any of those Advantages in
Return, which the vigorous Prosecution of so just a
Cause, and the Success of our Arms, might probably
have secured to us.

But you are sufficiently apprized that Preliminary
Articles for a general Pacification were some Time
ago signed and accepted by the contracting Parties on
both Sides; and although the Ratifications of them
had been exchanged by Me and My Allies with
His Imperial Majesty, the good Effects expected from
them were retarded by the Refusal on the Part of
Spain to execute some of the most material Points contained in them, and by Endeavours to alter and explain some Articles in such a Manner as immediately
affected the Possessions and the just Rights of My
Kingdom. I therefore, jointly with My Allies, declined exchanging the Ratifications of the Preliminaries with the Court of Spain; and rejected all such
Propositions as were detrimental and injurious to My
Honour, and the Interest of My People.

"By these Means, the Negotiations were unavoidably
carried into a tedious Length; which I endured with
the greater Patience, from an earnest Desire to procure to My Subjects a safe and honourable Peace,
and to see the Tranquillity of Europe preserved and
settled upon a solid and lasting Foundation: During
which Time, I received from the Most Christian
King and The States General the greatest Proofs of
their Sincerity, and a Renewal of the strongest Assurances imaginable, that they would effectually
make good all their Engagements in Support of the
common Cause, and of our mutual Interests; and
I am very glad that I can acquaint you, that our
joint Endeavours have had so good an Effect, that,
by the last Advices from Abroad, I have great
Reason to hope that the Difficulties, which have
hitherto retarded the Execution of the Preliminaries
and the Opening of the Congress, will soon be entirely removed.

However, it will in the mean Time be absolutely
necessary to continue, as our Allies have already resolved to do, the Preparations which have hitherto
been our Security, and prevented an open Rupture in
Europe, that we may not at once lose all the Advantages which our former Expences and Vigour have so
nearly procured, by not being in a Condition, if that
Necessity should unexpectedly be brought upon us,
to vindicate our Honour, and affert our Rights: And
you may depend upon it, that My First Care shall
be, to reduce, from Time to Time, the Expence of
the Public, as often and as soon as the Interest and
Safety of My People will permit it.

The Preliminary Articles, and such other Treaties
and Conventions as have not yet been communicated
to Parliament, and which may without manifest
Prejudice be exposed to public View, shall be laid
before you.

Gentlemen of the House of Commons,

I have given Orders to the proper Officers, to
prepare and lay before you Estimates of the Expences for the Service of the current Year; and
you may be assured, that the Supplies, which I find
Myself obliged to demand of you, shall as certainly,
as they do exceed My Wishes and Inclinations, be
employed solely for the Interest and Security of the
Nation; and I make no Doubt, but that if any
Method can be found out for raising the necessary
Supplies, less grievous to My People than another,
that will have the Preference in all your Deliberations.

I think myself obliged to recommend to you a Consideration of the greatest Importance; and I should
look upon it as a great Happiness, if, at the Beginning of My Reign, I could see the Foundation laid of
so great and necessary a Work as the Increase and
Encouragement of our Seamen in general, that they
may be invited, rather than compelled by Force and
Violence, to enter into the Service of their Country,
as often as Occasion shall require it; a Consideration
worthy of the Representatives of a People great and
flourishing in Trade and Navigation.

"This leads Me to mention to you the Case of Greenwich Hospital, that Care may be taken, by some
Addition to that Fund, to render comfortable and
effectual that charitable Provision for the Support
and Maintenance of our Seamen, worn out and become decrepit by Age and Infirmities in the Service of
their Country.

My Lords, and Gentlemen,

As I have great Hopes that a general Pacification
will be now obtained, by a speedy Execution of the
Preliminaries; I am satisfied that nothing will more
effectually contribute to, and secure, this desireable
End, than such an Unanimity, Zeal, and Dispatch of
the Public Business in this Parliament, as may convince the World, that none among you are capable,
out of any Views or Considerations whatsoever, to
wish the Distress of their Country, or to give an
Occasion, from the Prospect of Difficulties that may
arise, and be fomented here at Home, to interrupt
or disappoint our present promising Expectations:
This it is in your Power to defeat; and this I depend
upon, from your known Zeal and Affection to My
Person and Government, and your hearty Concern
for the Interest and Welfare of My People."

Which being ended; His Majesty was pleased to retire; and the Commons withdrew.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure, to unrobe.

The House was resumed.

Poor's Bill.

Hodie 1avice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
the preventing of the Poor's being defrauded."

Ld. Wilmington introduced:

Sir Spencer Compton Knight of the Bath, being, by
His Majesty's Letters Patent, dat. 8o Die Januarii,
1oGeorgii 2di Regis, created Baron of Wilmington, in
the County of Sussex, was, in his Robes, introduced,
between the Lord Abergavenny and the Lord Cornwallis,
also in their Robes; the Gentleman Usher of the Black
Rod, Garter King of Arms, the Deputy Earl Marshal,
and the Lord Great Chamberlain of England, preceding.

His Lordship presented the said Letters Patent to the
Lord Chancellor, on his Knee, at the Woolfack; who
delivered it to the Clerk; and the same was read, at
the Table.

Then his Lordship came to the Table, and took the
Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and
also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes; and was afterwards placed on
the lower End of the Barons Bench.

King's Speech reported:

The Lord Chancellor reported His Majesty's Speech:

And the same being read by the Clerk:

Order for an Address of Thanks.

Ordered, That an humble Address be presented to
His Majesty, "To return the Thanks of this House,
for His Majesty's most Gracious Speech from the
Throne: To congratulate His Majesty, upon the
Hopes of seeing the public Peace very soon restored: To acknowledge the same to be owing to His
Majesty's Spirit and Resolution, tempered with an
earnest Desire of procuring a general Tranquillity;
and to the Union between His Majesty and His
Allies: To express the Sense this House has of His
Majesty's Concern for the late disagreeable Situation
of Affairs; and declare our Opinion, how necessary
it is to continue the Preparations that have brought
us to so near a Prospect of Peace; and to enable His
Majesty to defend the Rights of His Kingdom, if,
contrary to Expectation, that Necessity should happen: To acknowledge His Majesty's Goodness, in
His Care for reducing the Public Expence; and in
acquainting the Parliament, that the Treaties shall
be laid before us: To express a due Sense of His
Majesty's Compassion for the Seamen: And to assure
His Majesty, that this House will defeat the Expectations of those who would flatter themselves to find
among His Subjects such as, wishing the Public Distress, would soment Difficulties at Home; and that
we will endeavour to disappoint all such Designs,
by Unanamity, Zeal, and Dispatch of the Public
Business."

The Lords following were named a Committee, to
prepare an Address pursuant thereunto; and report to the House; (videlicet,)

Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
presently, in the Prince's Lodgings near the
House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure; and the
Lords withdrew, to draw the Address.

After some Time, the House was resumed.

Address reported.

And the Lord Delawarr reported from the said Committee, "That they had prepared an Address accordingly, as follows:

"Most Gracious Sovereign.

"We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, beg Leave to return Your Majesty
the humble Thanks of this House, for Your most
Gracious Speech from the Throne; and to congratulate Your Majesty, upon the great Hopes You have
been pleased to communicate to us, of seeing the
public Peace and Tranquillity very soon restored.

These, we must humbly acknowledge, are the
happy Consequences of that Spirit and Resolution
with which Your Majesty has asserted Your Rights,
as Sovereign of this Kingdom, tempered with a noble
Self-denial of all the Success and Glory that might
attend Your Majesty's Arms in the Prosecution of a
just and necessary War, when put in Balance with
the Ease, Quiet, and Prosperity, of Your Subjects:
It is a Disposition of Mind truly great in Your Majesty, a Prince so early initiated in the Art of War,
and formed by Nature for the greatest Military
Atchievements, to chuse rather to procure Peace
for Your Subjects, than to lead them to Victories;
and to adorn Your Reign with the sincere and grateful Acclamations of a happy People, rather than
the Splendor of Triumphs.

"Your Majesty's tender and indulgent Care for the
Welfare of Your Kingdom, has induced You to
express so kind and affectionate a Concern for the
late disagreeable Situation of Affairs, though occasioned by mere Necessity, which no human Prudence
could have prevented; but whatever Inconveniencies
have happened, they fall light upon us, when we
observe, that Your Majesty, as a true Father of
Your Country, feels every Uneasiness Your Subjects
suffer: And as Your Majesty has justly rejected all
Propositions that were detrimental and injurious to
Your Honour and the Interest of Your People; we
cannot doubt but Your Majesty's Endeavours, in Conjunction with Your Allies, to put an End to the
Troubles and Disorders of Europe, will soon have
the desired Success.

"The Nature of such Negotiations could not but
carry them into that Length Your Majesty is graciously pleased to regret; and the Patience Your
Majesty has had, solely from an earnest Desire to
procure to Your Subjects a safe and honourable
Peace, must, in Duty and Gratitude, animate the
whole Nation with the most steady Zeal to exert
itself, in vindicating Your Majesty's Honour, and defending the Rights of Your Crown: If, contrary to
Expectation, the Day should come, when the Safety
of Your People shall require stronger Remedies
than Negotiations; we shall most chearfully in that
Case, under God, depend upon Your Majesty's
Valour and Conduct.

"We, therefore, humbly concur in Opinion with
Your Majesty, of the absolute Necessity of supporting Your Allies, and promoting the mutual Fidelity, which we, with the greatest Satisfaction, observe between Your Majesty and them, by continuing
the Preparations that have brought us to so near a
Prospect of Peace, that Your Majesty, however unwilling, may not be unable to defend by Force those
Rights we are persuaded will be maintained by
amicable Measures.

"The gracious Assurances from Your Majesty, of
Your Desire to reduce the Public Expence, and the
full Conviction we have, that it will be managed with
the utmost Care and Frugality, lay the greatest Obligations upon us, to do all in our Power to support
the prudent and necessary Measures Your Majesty so
steadily perseveres in, for the establishing a solid and
lasting Peace.

"Your Majesty's Condescension, in acquainting Your
Parliament that the Preliminary Articles, and such
other Treaties and Conventions which without manifest Prejudice may be exposed to public View,
shall be laid before us, is anticipating all we could
reasonably ask of Your Majesty in the present Conjuncture.

"We have a fresh Instance of Your Majesty's early
Application to prosecute the real Interest and peculiar
Advantage of this Kingdom, by Your being graciously
pleased to recommend to us so important a Work as
that of the Increase and Encouragement of our Seamen. The Weight which the Naval Force of Great
Britain has so lately and visibly had, in asserting the
Honour of Your Majesty's Crown, and the Rights
and Possessions of our Country, is too lively upon
our Minds, for us not to enter with the greatest Willingness on a Deliberation so useful and necessary,
that they may be invited into the Service by Means
more suitable to the known Humanity and Tenderness
of the Prince they are to serve, and to those Liberties
they are to enjoy as well as defend, than the Methods
hitherto used of Compulsion.

"We cannot give better Proofs of our Duty to Your
Majesty, and Love of our Country, than by our
Unanimity, Zeal, and Dispatch of the Public Business; and we hope this Parliament will convince
the World, that none of Your Subjects are so weary
of their own Happiness, as, out of Envy or Malice,
to wish a public Distress, or to foment Difficulties at
Home, in order to interrupt our present promising Expectations. We should look on such as Incendiaries
unworthy of the Name of Britons; they would be
detested at Home, and despised Abroad, even by those
whose Cause they would serve; the just Indignation
such an unnatural Temper would raise in the Hearts
of all Your faithful Subjects, would necessarily incite
them to the greater Zeal for Your Majesty's Service and Support of Your Government, upon which
our happy Prospect of Peace and Prosperity does
depend. And as we are deeply sensible of the Happiness we enjoy under the Best of Governments,
administered by the Best of Kings; we will shew, that
we know how to set a just Value on those Blessings,
by admitting no other Contention amongst us, but
who shall be most active and zealous in preserving
them, and in promoting the Public Felicity, by
rendering Your Majesty's Reign as easy and glorious
to Yourself, as it is happy and advantageous to Your
People."

Which Address, being read by the Clerk in Paragraphs, was agreed to.

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to
His Majesty by the whole House.

Lords with White Staves to know when the King will be attended.

Ordered, That the Lords with White Staves do
wait on His Majesty, humbly to know what Time His
Majesty will be pleased to appoint, to be attended with
the said Address.

Bp. of St. David's to preach the 30th Inst.

Ordered, That the Lord Bishop of St. David's be,
and he is hereby, desired to preach before this House,
in the Abbey Church, Westminster, on Tuesday next, the
Thirtieth Day of this Instant January.

Lords take the Oaths.

This Day John Duke of Greenwich and Scroop Duke
of Bridgewater came to the Table, and took the
Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and
also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes; they having first severally delivered in Certificates of their receiving the Sacrament,
to the Truth whereof Witnesses were sworn, and examined.

Also the Lords following took the Oaths, and made
and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and
subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to
the Statutes:

Edward Earl of Sandwich.

William Anne Earl of Albemarle.

Heneage Earl of Aylesford.

William Lord Bishop of Norwich.

Robert Lord Bishop of Landaff.

Charles Lord Fitzwalter.

Robert Lord Bingley.

His Majesty to be attended with the Address.

The Lord Steward acquainted the House,
the Lords with White Staves (according to Order)
had waited on His Majesty, humbly to know what
Time His Majesty would please to appoint to be attended by this House, with their Address; and that
His Majesty was pleased to appoint this Afternoon,
at Two a Clock, at His Palace of St. James's."

E. of Strafford Versus Blakewey.

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed, for hearing the Cause wherein Thomas Earl
of Strafford is Appellant, and William Blakewey is
Respondent:"

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said
Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Wednesday the Seventh
Day of February next, at Eleven a Clock.

Rich versus Beaumont.

The House being also moved, "That a Day may be
appointed, for hearing the Cause wherein Aymor
Rich Gentleman is Appellant, and George Beaumont
Gentleman, Gertrude, Jane, Elizabeth, and Sarah
Grammer, Infants, by their Guardians and others, are
Respondents:"

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said
Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Friday the Ninth
Day of February next, at Eleven a Clock.

Cause days appointed.

Ordered, That Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays, be appointed Days for hearing Causes.

Sir Daniel O'Carrol, Leave to withdraw his Appeal.

Upon reading the Petition of Sir Daniel OCarroll
and Dame Elizabeth his Wife, Appellants in a Cause
depending in this House, to which Thomas Jervoise
Gentleman, a Lunatic, by Thomas Jervoise Esquire his
Father and Committee, is Respondent; praying Leave
to withdraw their Appeal, the Matters in Difference
being under a Compromise; but without Prejudice to
the Petitioners presenting any new Appeals hereafter,
as they shall be advised:

It is Ordered, That Leave be given to withdraw
the said Appeal, according to the Prayer of the said
Petition.

Middleton versus Roberts; et è contra.

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed, for hearing the Causes wherein Philip Middleton Merchant is Appellant, and John Roberts
Esquire is Respondent; et è contra:"

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said
Causes, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Tuesday the Sixth
Day of February next, at Eleven a Clock.

Jones & Ux. versus Kenrick.

The House being also moved, "That a Day may
be appointed, for hearing the Cause wherein Jasper
Jones Gentleman and Frances his Wife are Appellants,
and John Kenrick Esquire, Executor of Sir William
Cranmer deceased, is Respondent:"

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said
Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Monday the Twelfth
Day of February next, at Eleven a Clock.

Chesman & Ux. versus Namby:

The House being likewise moved, "That a Day
may be appointed, for arguing the Errors assigned
upon a Writ of Error depending in this House,
wherein David Chesman and Elizabeth his Wife are
Plaintiffs, and Margery Nainby Widow is Defendant:"

Errors to be argued.

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said
Errors argued, by Counsel on both Sides, at the Bar,
on Tuesday the Thirteenth Day of February next, at
Eleven a Clock.

West versus Erisey and Barrable.

The House being also moved, "That a Day may be
appointed, for hearing the Cause wherein Mary West
and Frances West, Infants, by John West Esquire their
Father and prochein Amie, are Appellants, and Mary
Erisey and Thomas Barrable, an Infant, by the said
Mary Erisey his Guardian, are Respondents:"

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said
Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Wednesday the Fourteenth Day of February next, at Eleven a Clock.

Walter versus Glanville.

The House being likewise moved, "That a Day
may be appointed, for hearing the Cause wherein
John Walter Esquire is Appellant, and William
Glanville Esquire is Respondent:"

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said
Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Friday the Sixteenth
Day of February next, at Eleven a Clock.

Love and Gorbell versus Lestrange & al.

The House being also moved, "That a Day may
be appointed, for hearing the Cause wherein Dorothy
Love and Emma Gorbell are Appellants, and Henry
Lestrange Esquire, Francis Hill and Frances his Wife,
William Smith and Mary his Wife, Jane Nash Spinster,
Henry Nash and Susan Nash, are Respondents:"

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said
Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Monday the Nineteenth Day of February next, at Eleven a Clock.

Their Lordships, or any Seven of them; to meet
on Monday next, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon, in the House of Peers, and every Monday
after; and to adjourn, from Time to Time, as they
please.

Sub committee Journal.

Lords Sub-committees appointed to consider of the
Orders and Customs of the House, and Privileges
of the Peers of Great Britain and Lords of Parliament; and to peruse and perfect the Journal of
this and the last Session of Parliament.

Their Lordships, of any Three of them; to meet
when, where, and as often as, they please.

Stoppages in the Streets, Order to prevent.

The House taking Notice, "That there is such an
Interruption, by Hackney Coaches, Carts, and Drays,
in King's Street, and the Passages to The Old Palace
Yard in Westminster, that the Lords and others are
frequently hindered from coming to this House, to
the great Inconveniency of the Members of both
Houses:"

It is thereupon Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the High
Steward of the City of Westminster, or his Deputy, together with the Justices of the Peace for the said City,
shall, by their Care and Directions to the Constables
and other Officers within the said Limits, take special
Order, that no empty Hackney Coaches be suffered to
make any Stay, between Whitehall and The Old Palace
Yard in Westminster, from Eleven of the Clock in the
Forenoon until Five of the Clock in the Afternoon of
the same Day, during the Sitting of this Parliament;
and that no Carriages, Drays, or Carts, be permitted to
pass through the said Streets and Passages, between the
Hours aforesaid, during the Sitting of this Parliament;
and herein special Care is to be taken, by the said
Deputy Steward, Justices of the Peace; Constables, and
all other Officers herein concerned, as the contrary will
be answered to this House: And it is further Ordered,
That the High Bailiff of the City of Westminster, and
the Justices of the Peace for the City and Liberty
thereof, or some of them residing in Westminster, be
served with the Order of this House made this Day,
for the Purposes aforesaid.

Dillon & Ux. versus Visc. Mount Cashell & al. Two Appeals.

The House being moved, "That a Day may be
appointed, for hearing the Causes wherein Robert
Dillon Esquire and Susanna Lady Shaen his Wife are
Appellants, and Catherine Viscountess Dowager Mount
Cashell and Morgan Magan Esquire are Respondents,
and wherein the said Dillon and his Wife are Appellants, and Frances, Elizabeth, and Susanna Shaen,
Minors, by their Guardian Thomas Magan Esquire,
are Respondents:"

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said
Causes, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Tuesday the Twentieth Day of February next, at Eleven a Clock.

Trott's Petition, for Danson to enter into a Recognizance, with Sureties.

Upon reading the Petition of Nicholas Trott Esquire
and Anne his Wife, and Elizabeth Moore, Respondents
to the Appeal of Mary Danson Widow; setting forth,
That the Appellant now is, and for Nineteen Months
last past hath been, a Prisoner in The Fleet, for a
Contempt, in not paying a Sum of Money pursuant
to a Decree in Chancery; and, after all the dilatory
Proceedings which she has used, has appealed to this
House, to create a further Delay and Expence to
the Petitioners, who, by reason of the Appellant's
being a Prisoner, cannot hope to recover from her
any Costs they shall be put unto by reason of the
said Appeal, unless some other Security be given
than the said Appellant's own Recognizance;" and
praying, "That she may in a short Time procure Two
sufficient Persons, to enter into a Recognizance to
answer Costs; or, in Default thereof, that the said Appeal may be dismissed:"

And a Certificate of John Huggins Esquire, Warden
of The Fleet, "That the said Appellant is a Prisoner in his Custody, as is alledged in the said Petition," being read:

It is Ordered, That the said Mary Danson do, on
or before Monday the Twelfth Day of February next,
procure Two sufficient Sureties, to enter into a Recognizance in the usual Penalty, to answer such Costs as
this House may award, in case the Proceedings complained of be affirmed; or otherwise the said Appeal to
be dismissed.

Pilkington's Petition referred to Committee Privileges.

Upon reading the Petition of John Pilkington; praying Leave to proceed in an Action of Assault by him
commenced, for Recovery of Damages, against Sir
William Sanderson Baronet, Yeoman Usher attending
this House, notwithstanding the Privilege of Parliament
by him insisted on:

It is Ordered, That the said Petition be, and is
hereby, referred to the Lords Committees for Privileges; whose Lordships are to meet on Thursday next,
at Ten a Clock, then to take the said Petition into
Consideration.

Price versus Baker and Wynne.

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed, for hearing the Cause wherein Anne Price
Widow is Appellant, and Thomas Baker Clerk and
Watkin Williams Wynne Esquire are Respondents:"

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said
Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Wednesday the One
and Twentieth Day of February next, at Eleven a
Clock.

Mitchell versus Craige & al.

The House being also moved, "That a Day may
be appointed, for hearing the Cause wherein William
Mitchell of London Merchant is Appellant, and
Robert Craige and his Creditors, and others, are Respondents:"

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said
Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Friday the Twentythird Day of February next, at Eleven a Clock.

The Bishops Door to be locked up.

Ordered, That the uppermost Door on the East
Side of the Throne be every Day, immediately after
Prayers, locked up; and the Key brought to, and left
with, the Lord on the Woolsack, till the Rising of
the House.

His Majesty's Answer to the Address reported:

The Lord Chancellor reported, "That the House
did Yesterday present to His Majesty their humble
Address; and that His Majesty was pleased to return
the following most Gracious Answer; (videlicet,)

"My Lords,

"I thank you for this very dutiful and affectionate
Address, which cannot fail of having a good Effect
both at Home and Abroad: The Welfare and Happiness of My People shall always take Place with
Me of all other Considerations; and you may be
assured, that the Considence you put in Me shall not
be made Use of to any other Purposes, but for the
Safety, Interest, and Honour, of the Nation."

Address and Answer to be printed.

Ordered, That the Address of this House presented to His Majesty Yesterday, and His Majesty's
most Gracious Answer thereunto, be forthwith printed
and published.

Lords go to hear a Sermon.

Then, in order to the Lords proceeding to the Abbey
Church, Westminster, to solemnize this Day; being appointed, by Act of Parliament, to be observed as a Day
of Public Fasting and Humiliation for the Martyrdom
of King Charles the First;